Primoz Roglic wins Volta a Catalunya after epic battle with Juan Ayuso on Montjuic stage
CyclingMonday, 31 March 2025 at 09:15
Primoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso have been almost equally matched over the entire week at the Volta a Catalunya, and early on stage 7 they changed provisional lead twice in the two intermediate sprints. However on the final hilly circuit, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider attacked with three laps to go and took a stunning solo win to also conquer the overall classification.
The final stage had an incredible start, early in the day with Primoz Roglic and teammate Nico Denz taking the first seconds in an intermediate sprint, and taking the Slovenian to the provisional race lead 1 second ahead of Juan Ayuso.
But before entering the final Montjuic circuit, the second intermediate sprint saw Ayuso take the win and gather that 1 second back, putting himself back in the provisional lead once again - with the accumulate of finishing positions becoming the deciding factor. As soon as the riders entered the final circuit the attacks began to come but the truth is the pace was very high and no-one managed to go far.
With three laps to go Primoz Roglic hit the front right at the bottom of the climb to Montjuic, pushing the pace to the limit before sprinting over the top, opening a gap to Egan Bernal and Juan Ayuso who followed in the wheel. He began to build a solo lead, then chased by Quinn SImmons and Simon Yates.
The two were caught by a strong attack from Enric Mas in the peloton, but into the final lap there was only a peloton chasing the Slovenian despite Ayuso's struggles. In the final ascent Lennert van Eetvelt and Laurens de Plus moved from the peloton to chase the Slovenian, but had to settle for minor places and Roglic truly showed his top level and took a brilliant stage win, conquering the overall classification in the process.
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Primoz finds ways to win. Too bad he'll never take Tour de France.
Gaio Primus Caesar Roglus, Rome is waiting for you, Imperator :-)).
That finale in Barcelona has to be one of the most beautiful circuits ever raced on. Chapeau to Primoz Roglic on taking charge of the race like that, and earning himself a very nice victory.
Roglic mirrored so many of his wins, but in GC: wait until the end, then pull a strong win from a tight group. What a great performance, a solo ride (so rare for him), and now he’s got over 90 wins. Amazing rider.
Very impressive today, promising for the rest of the season.